"The factions will be dissolved and the fighters will be prepared to join the Ministry of Defense, and everyone will be subject to the law," al-Sharaa was quoted as saying during a meeting with ...

Syria's new rulers have called for the disbanding of all armed groups. But in the southwestern town of Suwayda, a small group of Druze fighters are reluctant to give up their arms. Fighters from ...

Syria's historic ethnic and religious minorities also include Muslim Kurds and Shi'ites - who feared during the civil war that any future Sunni Islamist rule would imperil their way of life - as ...

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt met on Sunday in Syria with Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of the “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS) group, after the toppling of ousted President Bashar al-Assad.

Sharaa spoke alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, after earlier meeting with Lebanese Druze leaders and vowing to end "negative interference" in the neighbouring country. Ankara-backed ...

As you consider your Bible study plans for the year ahead, explore more than 20 reading plans that can help you meditate on the Scriptures often. Each plan offers a distinct reading structure to fit ...

Some families in Majdal Shams, a mountain town populated by members of the Druze religious community, haven’t seen their loved ones in decades. But the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad has ...

MAJDAL SHAMS—For decades after Israel conquered the Golan Heights, the minority Druze community that lives in this mountainside village considered themselves Syrians. But for many younger Druze ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A man walks in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the ...

“Standing side by side with our Jewish and Druze brothers and sisters ... before the Ottomans—there was the Bible. That’s the source. According to Romans 11, we Christians are the branches ...